Joe Torre is not a stupid man.  He had to know that life with Manny Ramirez would be trying at best.  Even the simplest requests, like asking Manny to cut his hair, would be the equivalent of asking an 8 year old to clean their room -- if they stuff everything covering their floor into their closet, you consider it a win.

So when Joe told Manny he needed to cut his long, messy dreads, the Globe reports that Ramirez responded by getting a few inches trimmed from the bottom.

"One inch, half-an-inch," Ramirez said regarding the cleanup. "It's still long."

Well, I guess he showed Torre!

[Torre said], "He took a little bit off. It's within the rules of cleaning it up a little bit. Right now, it's around his shoulders. It's not covering his name up. We'll continue to monitor it."

You can feel the disdain in Torre's words.  He left New York for the laid-back West Coast, hoping to retire on a stress-free bench... not deal with the chicanary that is Manny Ramirez. 

"As Billy Crystal said in `Analyze That,' it's a process [said Torre].

We know very well that this is just the tip of the iceberg for Manny.  Like a 9th grader testing the limits of his substitute teacher, Manny is going to see just how much the Dodgers will let him get away with. 

I hate to keep comparing him to a child, but, honestly, is there a better comparison?  

Yes, Manny has moved on with his life (and us with ours), but it's comforting to know sometimes it truly is Manny Being Manny, and not Manny Hating Boston.